The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2016
Linkedin Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Richard G. Ramirez, Los Altos, CA (US);
Pratik Daga, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Tobias M. Hauth, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Paul M. Tyma, San Francisco, CA (US);
Guanchao Wang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
David Siuwai Lau, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sowmitra Thallapragada, Fremont, CA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system, apparatus, and method are provided for implementing secondary profiles for members of an online application or service. Each member has a corresponding primary profile populated by the member, and a secondary profile populated with information from data sources other than the member. Each fact or entry in the secondary (or inferred) profile is accompanied by a confidence score reflecting confidence in the source of the fact, confidence that the fact is correctly associated with this member, and/or other factors. A given fact may be obtained or extracted from multiple sources, with each copy or version assigned a separate confidence score. In response to a request to identify members having a particular attribute, in addition to identifying members that have the attribute in their primary profiles, members having the attribute in their secondary profiles may be identified if the corresponding confidence scores are greater than a threshold.